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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Anthony M. Cockram, Ganger, IN (US);
Rodney Peterson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Christopher Moore, Elkhart, IN (US);
David Hoover, Sturgis, MI (US);
Anthony M. Cockram, Ganger, IN (US);
Rodney Peterson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Christopher Moore, Elkhart, IN (US);
David Hoover, Sturgis, MI (US);
The Coast Distribution System, Inc., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Abstract
A fifth wheel hitch assembly is provided for use with a kingpin, the hitch assembly including a hitch frame including a throat for receiving the kingpin therein, a jaw member pivotally coupled to the hitch frame and moveable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, and a locking arm having a cooperative relationship with the jaw member. One of the jaw member and locking arm defines a guide surface and another of the jaw member and locking arm includes a follower configured to traverse the guide surface, traverse of the follower along a guide segment of the guide surface directing rotation of the jaw member between the open orientation and the closed orientation, and traverse of the follower along a lock segment directing releasable locking of the jaw member in the closed orientation.